The Guardian Weekly - August 16, 2024
The Guardian Weekly - August 16, 2024
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In this issue
August 16, 2024
Wish you weren't here!
Selfie-seekers, antisocial behaviour and pressure on local housing has caused a backlash against mass tourism in some European hotspots. Can the wants of visitors be balanced with the needs of residents?
3 mins
Canal plus: New visitor controls get a mixed reception
On his first visit to Venice, Alejandro is unimpressed with the city's latest bid to control tourism by limiting group sizes and banning loudspeakers. The tour guide's group, just shy of the new maximum limit of 25, is trudging over a bridge towards St Mark's Square, seemingly more interested in taking selfies than the history lesson being delivered through their audio devices.
3 mins
Stray dogs and parasites threaten Darwin's paradise isles
At the dream destination for bucket listers and bird watchers, there are downsides to a dependency on tourism
3 mins
Harris and Walz 'bring the joy' - can the Democrat bounce last?
When Kamala Harris and the Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, stepped onstage together for the first time last Tuesday, Philadelphia's Liacouras Center glittered red, white and blue as Beyoncé's Freedom blared and the crowd pulsed.
5 mins
Left out: An Israeli politician's fight for democracy
Former IDF officer Yair Golan is a hero for his bravery on 7 October. He now heads Israel's new progressive party, which wants a plan for the future
3 mins
The horrific aftermath of a deadly school attack
Early last Saturday morning, Louay Nasser decided to perform the dawn prayer in the classroom he and his family are living in at Tabeen school in Gaza City, rather than go across the courtyard to the mosque. That decision may have saved his life.
2 mins
Hope returns to Dhaka but new leaders told to exile old politics
The relief was palpable in Dhaka. \"It feels good that finally we have educated people running our government,\" said Zahin Ferdous, a 19-year-old university student, referring to the new interim government led by the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.
3 mins
'Euphoria' - Evacuees cheer Kyiv's incursion into Russia
Last Tuesday, Oksana and her family could not escape fast enough. Though they did not know it, Ukrainian regular forces had entered Russia for the first time, and Moscow's military wasted little time in hitting back, bombing their village around 11km from the border.
3 mins
'Noah's ark' in peril as cargo ships size up new routes
Plans to bring shipping to the Paraguay River threaten the world's greatest tropical wetland anda way of life
4 mins
In too deep? The growing threat to the global undersea cable network
Deep sea data cables are the veins of the modern world. What if something, or someone, were to sever them?
4 mins
Maduro is unleashing 'campaign of terror', warns opposition
Venezuela's main opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has accused its strongman president, Nicolás Maduro, of unleashing a horrific \"campaign of terror\" in an attempt to cling on to power.
2 mins
Engulfed by the tide
The Cornish resort of St Ives may be the picturebook seaside town but it is also the UK's most extreme example of overtourism. Through a desolate winter and crowded summer, artists, fishers, visitors and locals reveal a community in danger of losing its soul
10+ mins
Friendship
Research shows - as most women already knowthat the quality and number of our friendships has a profound influence on both our health and happiness. But what does it mean to be a good pal? From fictional relationships and literary diaries to her own experiences, Rachel Cooke examines the nature of the female bond
10+ mins
Elon Musk should face justice for his role in England's far-right riots
Of course, it's good that so many of those responsible for a week of far-right violence are facing a swift and severe form of justice - but there's one extremely rich and powerful suspect who should join them in the dock. If the UK authorities truly want to hold accountable all those who unleashed riots and pogroms in Britain, they need to go after Elon Musk.
4 mins
The Guardian Weekly Newspaper Description:
Publisher: Guardian News & Media
Category: Newspaper
Language: English
Frequency: Weekly
The Guardian Weekly is an international English-language news magazine based in London, UK. It is one of the world's oldest international news publications and has readers in more than 170 countries.
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